New Lincolnshire County Council planning bid for Lincoln Eastern Bypass
A further planning application has now been submitted for the Lincoln Eastern Bypass.
Chancellor George Osborne has agreed funding support of £50m towards the estimated £96m scheme for a single carriageway road.
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Congestion- It is hoped Lincoln’s eastern bypass will help ease congestion in the city.
Councillor William Webb, Executive Councillor for Highways and Transportation, said: "This marks another significant step forward towards building a new eastern bypass around the city.
"As the funding was specifically for a single carriageway road, we need to submit a new planning application – however, a dual carriageway road remains our longer term aspiration."
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Lincolnshire County Council is making a contribution of £14m, and is acting as 'guarantor' to underwrite the £33m third party funded element.
This will be recouped from developers in due course and means construction could start far sooner.
The planning application has been submitted to the county council's planning department and has a target date of 16 weeks for determination.
A decision is expected at the planning and regulation committee in the spring. The road will take around two years to build and construction could start in 2014.
Councillor Webb added: "This is one of a number of key schemes taking place around the county, seeking to improve the roads and help keep people moving safely.
"Plans for relief roads in Grantham and Spalding are also progressing well."
Comments
by Fivebyfive
Friday, January 18 2013, 10:54AM
“I don't want to belittle the efforts of those who have worked hard to develop these plans and arrange the finance. However, the fact remains that the the whole of the Lincoln bypass is not fit for purpose. How anyone can consider a single carriageway bypass for such a major city surpasses understanding. No one who has used the current bypass can regards it as safe. No one who has used the current bypass can regard it as adequate. No one with any understanding of the economic development needs of the area, particularly to the north east of the city towards the coast, can be satisfied with any of this. If the authorities can find the £400 million for the Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey - to solve a much lesser problem - then surely they can find a much lesser sum for a fully dualled complete Lincoln ring-road.”